> On 18 Nov 2022, at 23:29, gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
>
> On 11/18/22 15:48, Curt wrote:
>>> On 2022-11-18, gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
>>> On 11/18/22 08:05, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:53 PM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've just discovered that either tbird is busted, or its missing
>>>>> whatever it takes to display a properly mimetyped base64 encoded content.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do I install to make this work, I'm looking at an empty screen when
>>>>> the raw msg has bout 10k of base64'd content.
>>>>>
>>>>> bullseye, intel i5, uptodate yesterday.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1777439 ?
>>>>
>>>> .
>>> This seems to be NNTP related. But this is imap email, and no errors are
>>> reported, it simply does not decode and display base64'd content that
>>> appears to be properly MIMETYPED, boundary lines present and matched.
>> Maybe show the headers of the problem email, because I've read
>> Thunderbird is strict in that regard.
>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
>
> here is the msg up to the first line of the base64:
> Return-Path: <c...@omc-stepperonline.com>
>
> Received: from 216.163.176.191 unverified ([216.163.176.191]) by
> mwde08oc.mail2world.com with Mail2World SMTP Server;
>
> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:50:54 -0800
>
> Received: from [115.124.28.121] (port=37128 helo=out28-121.mail.aliyun.com)
>
> by prd-mail2world-inbound-ash1-018.ash1.cynet with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls
> TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
>
> (Exim 4.94.2)
>
> (envelope-from <c...@omc-stepperonline.com>)
>
> id 1ovrT7-000c7v-2g
>
> for ghesk...@shentel.net; Fri, 18 Nov 2022 02:51:05 +0000
>
> X-Alimail-AntiSpam:AC=PASS;BC=-1|-1;BR=01201311R211e2;CH=green;DM=||false|;DS=||;FP=0|-1|-1|-1|0|-1|-1|-1;HT=ay29a033018047194;MF=c...@omc-stepperonline.com;NM=1;PH=DS;RN=1;RT=1;SR=0;TI=SMTPD_---.QADTSrI_1668739861;
>
> Received: from iZuf677iw3xihpZ(mailfrom:c...@omc-stepperonline.com
> fp:SMTPD_---.QADTSrI_1668739861)
>
> by smtp.aliyun-inc.com;
>
> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:51:01 +0800
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:51:01 +0800 (CST)
>
> From: c...@omc-stepperonline.com
>
> To: gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net>
>
> Message-ID: <288312227.165.1668739861266@iZuf677iw3xihpZ>
>
> Subject: Re:Re: STEPPERONLINE - Enquiry from ghesk...@shentel.net
>
> MIME-Version: 1.0
>
> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
>
> boundary="----=_Part_164_535344686.1668739861264"
>
> X-mailer: javamail@rebee
>
> X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown
>
> X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown
>
> x-ctasd: uncategorized
>
> x-ctasd-vod: uncategorized
>
> X-CTCH-Flags: 0
>
> X-CTCH-RefID:
> str=0001.0A742F21.6376F319.001D:SCFSTAT68748618,ss=1,re=-4.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0
>
> X-CTASD-IP: 115.124.28.121
>
> X-CTASD-Sender: c...@omc-stepperonline.com
>
> X-OpenTrafficX: clean
>
> X-OpenTrafficX-type: clean
>
> X-OpenTrafficX-ID: 155810::1668739865-C1AB8BFC-07DF5517/0/0
>
>
>
> ------=_Part_164_535344686.1668739861264
>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8
>
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>
>
>
>
>
> ------=_Part_164_535344686.1668739861264
>
> Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
>
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
>
>
>
> PEhUTUw+PEJPRFk+PHNwYW4gc3R5bGU9ImNvbG9yOiMwMDAwMDA7Ij48c3BhbiBzdHlsZT0iZm9u
>
> dC1mYW1pbHk6QXJpYWwsSG
>> .
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
> --
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
> If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
> - Louis D. Brandeis
> Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/>
>
Are the blank lines between the headers verbatim from the source?
iirc, headers (that is, the lot of them) are supposed to be terminated by a
blank line (double line break) before message content/multipart
boundaries/blocks begin, so that may be part of the problem. Do the headers of
other base64 messages look like this?
Thanks
Gareth
